Primary care interventions to promote breastfeeding: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.
METHODS
Update of a 2003 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on counseling to promote breastfeeding.


METHODS
The USPSTF evaluated the results of a systematic review, conducted by the Tufts-New England Medical Center Evidence-based Practice Center, of literature published since January 2007 on primary care-initiated, -conducted, or -referable activities to promote and support breastfeeding.


CONCLUSIONS
The USPSTF recommends interventions during pregnancy and after birth to promote and support breastfeeding (Grade B recommendation).
D001521:Behavior Therapy; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003376:Counseling; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*